TIRED OF RETIREMENT

Joe Galey was looking forward to retirement when he sold the Look Steak Shop in Allentown last April after running the business and serving as chief cook for 11 years.

But Galey, 64, quickly found out that doing nothing is not an easy job. "It's hard work to retire," observes Galey.

Galey missed greeting customers. He felt left out of the loop about what was going on downtown. He even found it difficult to abandon a routine that required he warm the Look's breakfast griddle at an hour of the morning most people are still idling in bed.

And he was driving his wife crazy, rattling around the house with nothing to do.

"You can only watch so much television," says Galley. My wife was ready to keep me in day care if I didn't find something to do."

So Galey returns to his former restaurant at 44 N. 8th St. nearly every morning for breakfast and sometimes for lunch. He sits at the table nearest the Look's serving window so he can chat with new owner Dino Mathioudis and the rest of the staff and watch the entrance for familiar faces.